How to Apply
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Applications for grades K-8 are closed for the 2024-2025 school year. However, there are still openings in our Little Hawks Academy. If you are interested in afternoon preschool orpre kindergarten, please call the school office. Families are welcomed at our Open House scheduled for the afternoon of January 26, 2025 for the 2025-2026 school year.
The Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis welcome students who wish to apply for admission regardless of race, sex, or national origin. The School Commission at each Archdiocesan school establishes policies for admission of Catholic and non-Catholic students. The intent of this policy is to be clear, concise and fair. Please contact the school principal with questions you may have. Any policy discrepancies will be decided by the SMK School Commission.
Within the limits of class size, each class will be filled in the following order assuming families’ good financial standing in accordance with published parish financial requirements.
Classroom size, student/teacher ratio, instructional assistants, and learning needs of individual students are all factors when considering how many students to allow in each grade. Therefore, classroom caps are not policy and will be determined each year at the discretion of the school administrator and school commission.
The school respects the personal conscience of individual students and their families. This freedom is recognized by the Catholic Church. However, as a Catholic school it cannot relinquish its own freedom to proclaim the Gospel and to offer a formation based on the teaching of the Catholic faith and the values to be found in Christian service, offered at the school except those that are intended only for Catholics (reception of the sacraments).
The administrators and enrollment committee reserve the right to determine individual class placements outside of the enrollment policy in the best interest of the child. Enrollment of a student transferring from another school will be made on a probationary basis. Parents and students in 1st-8th grade must meet with the principal and provide appropriate documentation prior to admittance. Priority ranking pertains to both school and childcare placement.
Priority Ranking
1. Children of families who are registered parishioners, in order of time in the parish, with siblings enrolled. (First priority is given to those with the most children enrolled; the highest grade level is the next premise.)
2. Children of families who are registered parishioners, in order of time in the parish, who attended Little Hawks Academy.
3. Children of families who are registered parishioners, in order of time in the parish, with no siblings enrolled.
4. Children of administrators and teachers at St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic School.
5. Catholic, non-parishioners with siblings in St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic School. First priority is given to the earliest date of completed registration and admission fee.
6. Catholic, non-parishioners, with no siblings in St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic School. First priority is given to the earliest date of completed registration and admission fee.
7. Non-Catholic non-parishioners with siblings in St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic School. First priority is given to the earliest date of completed registration and fee.
8. Non-Catholic, non-parishioner, who attended Little Hawks Academy. First priority is given to the earliest date of completed registration and fee.
9. Non-Catholic, non-parishioners, with no siblings in St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic School. First priority is given to the earliest date of completed registration and fee.
A parishioner is defined as follows:
One or both parents must be practicing Catholics who:
· Attend Sunday Mass each week at St. Mary of the Knobs.
· Regular use of contribution envelopes or electronic contributions—regardless of the
amount contributed.
· Encourage participation when able in parish ministries or services appropriate to your family.
In order to enroll in the Little Hawks Academy preschool program, a child must be at least three years of age on or before Aug. 1 and fully potty trained, unless special permission is granted by the school principal and preschool teacher. In order to enroll in the Kindergarten program, a child must be at least five years of age on or before Aug. 1st
Age must be verified by a birth certificate. A thorough physical and dental examination by the family doctor and dentist are part of the registration requirements for a child entering school for the first time. In accordance with state law, all students must be immunized against measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, chicken pox and any other additional immunizations deemed necessary by state law. Also required are a rubella/rubeola vaccination and a tuberculin skin test. -